Definition of voluntary

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Voluntary (v. t.) Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent..

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Enforced :: Enforced (a.) Compelled; forced; not voluntary.
Involuntariness :: Involuntariness (n.) The quality or state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
Snoring :: Snoring (n.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily..
Voluntary :: Voluntary (v. t.) Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.
Hem :: Hem (interj.) An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm..
Spasm :: Spasm (v. t.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.
Involuntary :: Involuntary (a.) Not having will or the power of choice.
Gift :: Gift (v. t.) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession..
Abdication :: Abdication (n.) The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority..
Reflex :: Reflex (n.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait..
Suicide :: Suicide (adv.) The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind..
Consent :: Consent (n.) Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission..
Trespass :: Trespass (v.) Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin.
Involuntary :: Involuntary (a.) Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers..
Constrained :: Constrained (a.) Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone..
Willful :: Willful (a.) Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder..
Animal :: Animal (n.) An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity..
Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm..
Exile :: Exile (n.) Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country..
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